Jonas Verest
Self-supported ultra racing.
July 20, 2025
Race across France 2025
12th in 2023. DNF in 2024. In 2025 I came back with a better plan and won: 2,607 km in 5 days, 13 hours and 23 minutes. Here is how.
Ultra Cycling Stories
My races, told straight. No fluff, just the raw truth.
Race across France 2025
Swiss Ultracycling Challenge 2024
Race across France 2024
Race across Paris 2024
February 27, 2025
Ultra Talk #348 - Jonas Verest: “J’ai paniqué, j’ai franchi une limite.”
The hard lessons of my 2024 Race Across France: ambition, knowing when to stop, and what came next.
September 27, 2025
RTS Couleur 3 — L’invité sport avec Fantin Moreno
De la cage de hockey aux podiums des courses ultra à travers l’Europe. Retour sur un parcours un peu fou.
Coming up in 2026
Four races, four formats. From the Cévennes to the midnight sun in Trondheim. The biggest season yet.
UBF Cévennes 500km
Kicking off 2026 in the wild hills of southern France. The UltraBike France Cévennes is a 500km self-supported ultra with serious climbing through the Gard and Lozère mountains. Time to see what the legs say after winter.
Race Across France 500km
Shorter format, same obsession. The RAF 500km plunges straight into the heart of the Alps. Galibier, Izoard, Vars, Allos, with 8,500m of climbing packed into 450km. Shorter than 2025's 2,500km beast, but the mountains don't care about distance.
Transcontinental Race No12
The big one. TCR No12 runs from Trondheim, Norway to Kalamata, Greece. Roughly 5,000 km and 65,000 m of climbing with the clock never stopping. Four checkpoints, free route, carry everything. The most northerly start in TCR history, departing at 8 PM on the last night the sun never fully sets.
Les Géants by Matchy 300km
Closing out the season in Annecy with Les Géants by Matchy. The 300km road format packs 6,000m of climbing into the heart of the Alps. Fourth edition, shorter than the other races this year but the cols don't mess around.